McCain: Katrina

Before you read the following US Senate votes, in which McCain voted "NO" and Obama voted "YES", you should understand a few facts. Bills get signed into law by the President. Amendments are used to make changes to bills. They can be used to strike (remove things from), add, or modify a bill.

I only mention this because when McCain is questioned about his US Senate votes he often responds by saying, "The bill contained 'pork/earmarks' or tells the person asking the question that he doesn't know where he got that information from. Simply put if you vote against an amendment, you don't want to see it on the bill.

These amendments never made it on to the bills that all passed.

US SENATE VOTES

Hurricane Katrina

McCain voted "NO" Obama voted "YES"

Vote Number: 330 Vote Date: November 17, 2005, 11:47 AM
Required For Majority: 3/5 Vote Result: Motion Rejected
Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 2602 to S. 2020
Statement of Purpose: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax benefits for areas affected by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma and to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes.
Source: US Senate 330

Vote Number: 285 Vote Date: November 3, 2005, 10:43 AM
Required For Majority: 3/5 Vote Result: Motion Rejected
Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 2356 to S. 1932
Statement of Purpose: To provide emergency health care and other relief for survivors of Hurricane Katrina.
Source: US Senate Vote 285

Vote Number: 234 Vote Date: September 15, 2005, 03:24
Required For Majority: 3/5 Vote Result: Motion Rejected
Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 1678 to H.R. 2862
Statement of Purpose: To provide financial relief for individuals and entities affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Source: US Senate Vote 234

Vote Number: 229 Vote Date: September 14, 2005, 01:06 PM
Required For Majority: 3/5 Vote Result: Motion Rejected
Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 1660 to H.R. 2862
Statement of Purpose: To establish a congressional commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Region of the United States especially in the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and other areas impacted in the aftermath and make immediate corrective measures to improve such responses in the future.
Source: US Senate Vote 229

Vote Number: 226 Vote Date: September 13, 2005, 04:41 PM Required For Majority: 1/2 Vote Result: Amendment Rejected Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 1661 to H.R. 2862 Statement of Purpose: To provide emergency funding for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Source: US Senate Vote 2005/226

Vote Number: 199 Vote Date: July 13, 2006, 03:23 PM Required For Majority: 3/5 Vote Result: Motion Rejected Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 4600 to H.R. 5441 Statement of Purpose: To increase appropriations for disaster relief, and for other purposes.
Source: US Senate 2006/199

Vote Number: 6 Vote Date: February 2, 2006, 07:51 PM Required For Majority: 3/5 Vote Result: Motion Rejected Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 2716 to S.Amdt. 2707 to H.R. 4297 Statement of Purpose: To establish a congressional commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Region of the United States especially in the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and other areas impacted in the aftermath and make immediate corrective measures to improve such responses in the future.
Source: US Senate Vote 2006/6